[reportlab-users] Re: rotated text (90?) in a table cell

[Tim Roberts]

Paulino wrote:

>
> well now the script gives some errors:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "D:/Python/reportlab/PPI_cabec.py", line 21, in wrap
>     return canv._leading, canv.stringWidth(self.text)
> TypeError: stringWidth() takes exactly 4 arguments (2 given)
>
> ......
> I think the missing arguments should be aW, aH
>
>"return canv._leading, canv.stringWidth(self.text, aW, aH)"
>  
>

No.  A quick perusal of either the manual or the source code would have
shown you that stringWidth expects the text, the fontname, and the fontsize.

    return canv._leading, canv.stringWidth( self.text, canv._fontname,
canv._fontsize )

Given the fact that virtually all stringWidth calls use the current
canvas font and size, I've never understood why the stringWidth method
didn't default to those:

    def stringWidth(self, text, fontName=None, fontSize=None):
        "gets width of a string in the given font and size"
        if not fontName:
            fontName = self._fontname
        if not fontSize:
            fontSize = self._fontsize
        return pdfmetrics.stringWidth(text, fontName, fontSize)

or maybe

    def stringWidth(self, text, fontName=None, fontSize=None):
        "gets width of a string in the given font and size"
        return pdfmetrics.stringWidth(text,
                fontName or self._fontname,
                fontSize or self._fontsize)

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